Plato's Charmides: an interpretative commentary
The Charmides is a difficult and enigmatic dialogue traditionally considered one of Plato's Socratic dialogues. This book provides a close text commentary on the dialogue which tracks particular motifs throughout. These notably include the characterization of Critias, Charmides, and Socrates; the historical context and subtext, literary features such as irony and foreshadowing; the philosophical context and especially how the dialogue looks back to more traditional Socratic dialogues and forwar…
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- Full title :Plato's Charmides : an interpretative commentary / Voula Tsouna.
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The Charmides is a difficult and enigmatic dialogue traditionally considered one of Plato's Socratic dialogues. This book provides a close text commentary on the dialogue which tracks particular motifs throughout. These notably include the characterization of Critias, Charmides, and Socrates; the historical context and subtext, literary features such as irony and foreshadowing; the philosophical context and especially how the dialogue looks back to more traditional Socratic dialogues and forward to dialogues traditionally placed in Plato's middle and late period; and most importantly the philosophical and logical details of the arguments and their dialectical function. A new translation of the dialogue is included in an appendix. This will be essential reading for all scholars and students of Plato and of ancient philosophy.
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- Publication Date:2022
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- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2022
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The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 345 pages) : PDF file(s).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781009036610, 1009036610, 9781316511114, 1316511111, 9781009005319, 1009005316
- DOI:10.1017/9781009036610
- oclc:on1310473514
- Dewey Decimal:184
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